White Room Quiz Gold Thinker ed - Wed 29 Oct 2025

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s WRQ is a Gold Thinker edition of 10 questions, with 2 questions on each of these categories:

    PEOPLE   GEOGRAPHY    SCIENCE    WORDS    FOOD & DRINK

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - their answers between 12 noon today [Wed] and

03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @Oxonian @Dave-O2 

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and any new members will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

TODAY`S TEN QUESTIONS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - What was Melania Trump`s maiden name ?

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Which country in the world has the longest coastline ?

Q3 SCIENCE 1 - What is the temperature, in degrees C, of the outer edge [hottest part] of the flame of

                              a candle ? 

Q4 WORDS 1 - What does the word peripatetic mean ?

Q5 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Sungold, Alicante, and Gardeners Delight are varieties of which fruit ?

Q6 PEOPLE 2 - How old is actor Charles Dance, who recently celebrated his birthday on 10 October ?

Q7 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the group of islands, famous for its sea bird colonies, off the

                                    coast of Northumberland ?

Q8 SCIENCE 2 - What is the chemical symbol of the element Krypton ?

Q9 WORDS 2 - What does a copoclephilist collect ?

Q10 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What type of foodstuff is a Bedfordshire clanger ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 29 Oct 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 31 Oct 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 31 Oct 2025.

Each member will be awarded   for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Wed 29 Oct

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 31 Oct 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 31 Oct 2025 will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

New members, who have recently joined the Community, and members who have not taken part before, are welcome to join the "regulars" with this week`s quiz. 

Please feel free to post any comments on the questions - but not the answers - on this thread.

If you have any questions about the quiz, please ask and I will reply here.

I hope everyone likes the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone.

[TallTrees]

Another chance for a get-together..for a quiz and thank you for the invitation @Mi-Amigo 

First glance a couple of known and some educated guesses. 

Better get a larger group think-tank 😤 

🍔🍵 ☕️ 🫖 🌮🍰🍩🍪 🌯🍐🍎

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

Good to know you will be taking part - with the tea-time "donut" team 😀

After last WRQ and getting Bronze Thinker + star, are you going for Silver Thinker or Gold Thinker 🤔

Good luck

[TallTrees]

Forgot it was a gold Thinker @Mi-Amigo 

Increasing numbers in team !! No ones THAT good 🤣

Now turning into a 🥳 

Strictly 🍵 ☕️ 🫖 though 🤣

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[TallTrees]

Lots of cake 🎂 🥮 🍥 🥞 🧁 🍰 

and 🍵 ☕️ 🫖 

Laughs 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😂 😃 😀 .. big team! 

Answers in @Mi-Amigo to your 

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[Mi-Amigo]

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[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - What was Melania Trump`s maiden name ?

A1   Knavs

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Which country in the world has the longest coastline ?

A2    Canada

Q3 SCIENCE 1 - What is the temperature, in degrees C, of the outer edge [hottest part] of the flame of

                              a candle ? 

A3    1400

Q4 WORDS 1 - What does the word peripatetic mean ?

A4    travelling from place to place to work

Q5 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Sungold, Alicante, and Gardeners Delight are varieties of which fruit ?

A5    tomato

Q6 PEOPLE 2 - How old is actor Charles Dance, who recently celebrated his birthday on 10 October ?

A6   79

Q7 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the group of islands, famous for its sea bird colonies, off the

                                    coast of Northumberland ?

A7   Farne Islands

Q8 SCIENCE 2 - What is the chemical symbol of the element Krypton ?

A8   Kr

Q9 WORDS 2 - What does a copoclephilist collect ?

A9   keyrings/keyfobs

Q10 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What type of foodstuff is a Bedfordshire clanger ?

A10   pasty - savoury at one end, sweet at the other end